Italian tech company Leonardo and CAE are to collaborate on helicopter training solutions for the government market in the U.S. The two companies recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) that expands on their long-established relationship in helicopter training. The MoA focuses on delivering helicopter and training packages to...
Brig. Gen. James R. Sears Jr, director of plans, programs, and requirements for Headquarters Air Education Training Command congratulates Ensign Charles Hill at his Pilot Training Next graduation on Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Hill and Ensign Seth Murphy-Sweet are the first two Navy students to go through the...
Leonardo will unveil new features for the legacy Sokól helicopter model at the 27th MSPO in Kielce, Poland this week. The W-3PL Głuszec, the version of the Sokół recently developed for Polish Armed Forces, will be showcased at the show. Leonardo is also promoting the new M-346FA variant, a...
Inzpire have delivered the second iteration of an electronic warfare course at RAF Linton-on-Ouse. The two-week course is organised for the European Defence Agency under the umbrella of the Helicopter Exercise Programme. Twenty trainees from Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, Slovenia, Sweden and the UK took part. The...
The Afghan Air Force (AAF) has awarded a $50.4 million Firm Fixed Price contract to MD Helicopters Inc (MDHI) for logistics support of its MD 530F Cayuse Warrior helicopter fleet. MDHI has provided contractor logistics support (CLS) services to the AAF since the first MD 530F training aircraft arrived...
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Boeing a $500-million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity single award contract for Qatar Emiri Air Force (QAEF) F-15QA aircrew and maintenance training. This contract will provide F-15QA aircrew and maintenance training to support the QEAF. Work will be performed at St. Louis, Missouri, and moving...
Lockheed Martin have awarded a Block 4 Modernization contract to BAE Systems to enhance the offensive and defensive electronic warfare (EW) capabilities of the F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation fighter aircraft. BAE Systems will modernize its AN/ASQ-239 Electronic Warfare/Countermeasures (EW/CM) system to address emerging threats and maintain U.S. and allied warfighters' ability...
Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., will play an important role in maintaining the readiness of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) F-35 and CH-47F fleets by providing local field service engineers, test capabilities and the first F-35 global pilot readiness center. The company recently signed...
Leonardo welcomes the continued commitment made by Canada’s Minister of National Defence, the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, to modernize and expand Canada’s primary rotary search and rescue helicopter fleet through the Cormorant Mid-Life Upgrade (CMLU) program. The announcement marks a major step forward ahead of program finalization. To date,...
ECS has been awarded a three-year, firm-fixed-price (FFP), $19-million contract to support the Marine Sierra Hotel Aviation Readiness Program (M-SHARP). Managed by the United States Marine Corps (USMC) Training and Education Command (TECOM) Aviation Standards Branch, M-SHARP is a web-based training management program that supports all Marine Aviation Operational...